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re: Have you noticed "low-key" is evidently Gen Z's "literally"?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 3:55 pm to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 5/19/26 at 3:55 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:Everything old is new again.
Next thread: using "tough" as a descriptor of something good.
'tough' was common in that meaning when I was in high school in the late '60s
This post was edited on 5/19/26 at 3:57 pm
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:03 pm to Dadren
quote:The entire point of the thread is they use it so much, that it basically doesn't mean that anymore.
It’s actually the opposite.
If you say a girl is “low-key hot”, it means that most people are not observing her as being hot (perhaps because of how she dresses), but she, in fact, is hot.
ETA: I’ve never heard anyone use that phrase any other way than this.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:25 pm to Big Scrub TX
Bruh it is low-key literally. You know bruh?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:33 pm to Dadren
I always thought it meant “in a non obvious (high key) way”.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:48 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:
Perhaps referring to the "secretary" effect in a lot of movies where the glasses are somewhat obscuring the underlying beauty
Or like Rachel Leigh Cook in She’s All That. Complete nerd till she took those off
Posted on 5/19/26 at 6:29 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:
The entire point of the thread is they use it so much, that it basically doesn't mean that anymore.
Reading comprehension fail on my part. My bad.
I low-key need sleep.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:50 pm to Big Scrub TX
yes, and it's aggravating as all fricking get out...
my daughter and her friends say the shite all the time
my daughter and her friends say the shite all the time
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:10 pm to SUB
quote:
This thread is low-key gay
high-key literally
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:37 pm to Big Scrub TX
Good. Anything to stop people from misusing “literally”.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:42 pm to LemmyLives
quote:This is the way
A year ago, I was talking to my pre teen daughter and slipped in a, "no cap." She glared at me, and hasn't used it since
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:46 pm to Big Scrub TX
You need to FULL STOP
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:51 pm to chRxis
quote:It really is like they aggressively use the "now" slang in a contrived fashion.
yes, and it's aggravating as all fricking get out...
my daughter and her friends say the shite all the time
Posted on 5/19/26 at 10:06 pm to Big Scrub TX
I distinctly remember a conversation amongst adults when I was a youngen regarding me and my friends use of “psych” and “not”. As we rolled our eyes at them.
“It means they’re teasing. Or the opposite of what they mean.”
“Ohhh, well that just seems silly.”
That’s what we must sound like to the youts today.
“It means they’re teasing. Or the opposite of what they mean.”
“Ohhh, well that just seems silly.”
That’s what we must sound like to the youts today.
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